Nucleotide-Sequence and Functional-Analysis of Regulatory Region of the lumP and the Lux Operon from Photobacterium leiognathi

1995 ◽  
Vol 210 (3) ◽  
pp. 938-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Lin ◽  
Y.F. Chao ◽  
S.F. Weng
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Regulatory Region ◽  
Photobacterium Leiognathi ◽  
Lux Operon

scholarly journals Riboflavin Production in Lactococcus lactis: Potential for In Situ Production of Vitamin-Enriched Foods

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 5769-5777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Burgess ◽  
Mary O'Connell-Motherway ◽  
Wilbert Sybesma ◽  
Jeroen Hugenholtz ◽  
Douwe van Sinderen
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Lactococcus Lactis ◽  
Regulatory Region ◽  
Northern Hybridization ◽  
Vitamin B ◽  
Fermented Foods ◽  
Riboflavin Production ◽  
In Situ Production

ABSTRACT This study describes the genetic analysis of the riboflavin (vitamin B2) biosynthetic (rib) operon in the lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris strain NZ9000. Functional analysis of the genes of the L. lactis rib operon was performed by using complementation studies, as well as by deletion analysis. In addition, gene-specific genetic engineering was used to examine which genes of the rib operon need to be overexpressed in order to effect riboflavin overproduction. Transcriptional regulation of the L. lactis riboflavin biosynthetic process was investigated by using Northern hybridization and primer extension, as well as the analysis of roseoflavin-induced riboflavin-overproducing L. lactis isolates. The latter analysis revealed the presence of both nucleotide replacements and deletions in the regulatory region of the rib operon. The results presented here are an important step toward the development of fermented foods containing increased levels of riboflavin, produced in situ, thus negating the need for vitamin fortification.

scholarly journals Nucleotide sequence of the putative regulatory region of mouse lactate dehydrogenase-A gene

1986 ◽  
Vol 235 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
K M Fukasawa ◽  
S S L Li
Keyword(s):  
Lactate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Regulatory Region ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Untranslated Sequence ◽  
Eukaryotic Genes ◽  
Putative Regulatory Region ◽  
Processed Pseudogene

The nucleotide sequence of approx. 3 kilobases including the regulatory region, a non-coding exon and the first protein-coding exon from mouse lactate dehydrogenase-A (LDH-A) gene has been determined. The putative initiation sites of transcription and translation were deduced by comparing the nucleotide sequence of mouse LDH-A gene with those of a mouse LDH-A processed pseudogene and the LDH-A full-length cDNAs from rat and human. The tentative TATA and CAAT boxes, and the hexanucleotides CCGCCC have been identified. The sequence of AAATCTTGCTCAA of mouse LDH-A gene has also been found to show striking homology to the cyclic AMP-responsive sequences of eukaryotic genes regulated by cyclic AMP. It has been reported previously that the protein-coding sequence of mouse LDH-A gene is interrupted by six introns and the 3′ untranslated sequence of 485 nucleotides is not interrupted [Li, Tiano, Fukasawa, Yagi, Shimiza, Sharief, Nakashima & Pan (1985) Eur. J. Biochem. 149, 215-225]. An additional intron of 1653 base-pairs was found in the 5′ untranslated sequence of 101 nucleotides at 24 nucleotides upstream to the translation start site. Thus, mouse LDH-A gene containing seven introns spans approx. 11 kilobases and its length of mature mRNA is 1582 nucleotides, excluding the poly(A) tail.

scholarly journals Molecular analysis of enterolysin a and entL gene cluster from natural isolate Enterococcus faecalis BGPT1-10P

Genetika ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 479-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Veljovic ◽  
Amarela Terzic-Vidojevic ◽  
Maja Tolinacki ◽  
Milan Kojic ◽  
Ljubisa Topisirovic
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Enterococcus Faecalis ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Candida Species ◽  
Genetic Information ◽  
Natural Isolate ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Dna Fragment ◽  
Virulent Factor

Strain Enterococcus faecalis BGPT1-10P was isolated from artisanal semi-hard homemade cheese from Stara Planina, Serbia. Results showed that BGPT1-10P synthesized a heat labile bacteriocin with a broad spectrum of activity, including Listeria and Candida species. Further analysis revealed that synthesized bacteriocin is enterolysin A. Moreover, the entL gene encoding enterolysin A was found to be located on the chromosome. The entL gene was cloned and sequenced. Analysis of nucleotide sequence showed that the entL gene in natural isolate En. faecalis BGPT1-10P is identical to that of the entL gene described previously in En. faecalis LMG 2333. Within the cloned DNA fragment containing the entL gene, four ORFs were detected. One of them was identified as the scpE gene, which encodes a virulent factor staphopain peptidase. Functional analysis of the entL gene showed that the complete genetic information necessary for the synthesis of enterolysin A were directly linked solely to it. Strain BGPT1-10P also synthesized gelatinase and citolysin, and contained a set of virulent factors. In addition, BGPT1-10P carries the ermB and tetM genes conferring the resistance to erythromycin and tetracycline, respectively.

Sequence of the luxD gene encoding acyltransferase of the lux operon from Photobacterium leiognathi

Gene ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Yuh-Fen ◽  
Weng Shu-Fen ◽  
Lin Juey-Wen
Keyword(s):  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Photobacterium Leiognathi ◽  
Lux Operon

124 Functional analysis of porcine OCT4 transcriptional regulatory region-based reporter system

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
S.-H. Kim ◽  
K.-H. Choi ◽  
D.-K. Lee ◽  
M. Lee ◽  
M.-H. Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Promoter Region ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Regulatory Region ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Upstream Region ◽  
Reporter Assay ◽  
Reporter System

Gene OCT4 plays pivotal roles in maintaining pluripotency of early mammalian embryonic development and embryonic stem cells. It is essential to establish a reporter system based on the OCT4 promoter region for the study of pluripotency. However, there is still a lack of sufficient information about the porcine OCT4 upstream reporter system. To improve our understanding of the porcine OCT4 regulatory region, first, we conducted an investigation to find conserved regions in the porcine OCT4 promoter upstream region by sequence-based comparative analysis using various mammalian genome sequences. A similarity of nucleotide sequences of the 5′ upstream region was low among mammalian species. However, the OCT4 promoter and 4 regulatory regions including distal and proximal enhancer elements have a high similarity. Next, a functional analysis of the porcine OCT4 promoter region was conducted. Luciferase reporter assay indicated that the porcine OCT4 distal enhancer and proximal enhancer are highly activated in mouse embryonic stem cells and embryonic carcinoma cells, respectively (n=3). Comparison analysis of naïve (Tbx3, Nr0b1, Rex1, Esrrb, Nanog, Klf2) or primed (Gata6, Mixl1, Fgf5, Otx2) state marker gene expression in a dual-reporter assay using pOCT4-DE-eGFP and pOCT4-PE-DsRed2 showed that expression of naïve and primed markers were up-regulated in cells with high green fluorescent protein and red fluorescent protein expression, respectively (n=3). Porcine OCT4-upstream region-based reporter constructs showed exclusive expression patterns depending on the state of pluripotency. This work could provide basic information for the porcine OCT4 upstream region and the various porcine OCT4-fluorescence reporter constructs, which can be applied to study species-specific pluripotency in early embryo development and for the establishment of embryonic stem cells in pigs. This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (IPET) through the Development of High Value-Added Food Technology Program, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA, 118042-03-1-HD020).

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